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Organization of the High-level Meeting on Youth (2011), para. 18
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- 7. Invites the Holy See, in its capacity as observer State, and Palestine, in its capacity as observer, to participate in the preparatory activities and in the High- level Meeting;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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International conference on the financing of development (1994), para. 03
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- __________
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- Sep 21, 2020
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Situation of human rights in South Sudan (2017), para. 07
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- Welcoming that the Government of South Sudan has committed to cooperating with the Office of the High Commissioner, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, the universal periodic review and the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan in the fulfilment of its mandate,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2020), para. 49
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- 29. Emphasizes the need to take appropriate measures necessary to counter the practices described above, and calls upon States and all other stakeholders to take more effective measures in accordance with international human rights law to prevent, counter and combat those phenomena and extremist movements of a racist or xenophobic character, which pose a real threat to democratic values, and to increase their vigilance and be proactive in strengthening their efforts to recognize and effectively address those challenges;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2010), para. 032
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- 19. Stresses the importance of advancing the full implementation of the programme of disbandment of illegal armed groups, throughout the country, under Afghan ownership, while ensuring coordination and coherence with other relevant efforts, including security sector reform, community development, counter- narcotics, district-level development and Afghan-led initiatives to ensure that entities and individuals do not illegally participate in the political process, in particular in forthcoming elections, in accordance with adopted laws and regulations in Afghanistan, and calls for adequate support in order for the Ministry of the Interior to increasingly assume its leading role in implementing the programme of disbandment of illegal armed groups;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Assistance to the Palestinian people (2004), para. 30
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- 13. Suggests the convening in 2004 of a United Nations-sponsored seminar on assistance to the Palestinian people;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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High-level intersessional discussion celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela (2018), para. 10
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- 1. Decides to convene a high-level intersessional discussion celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela, on his life and legacy, in the context of promoting and protecting human rights through social justice, reconciliation and democratic ideals, on 27 April 2018, the day that, in 1994, Mandela and millions of South Africans cast their votes for the first time in a fully representative democratic election;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (2007), para. 12
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- 4. Further requests the Committee to continue to extend its cooperation and support to Palestinian and other civil society organizations in order to mobilize international solidarity and support for the Palestinian people, particularly during this critical period of humanitarian hardship and financial crisis, with the overall aim of promoting the achievement by the Palestinian people of its inalienable rights and for a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, and to continue to involve additional civil society organizations in its work;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (2011), para. 08
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- Recalling the conclusion of the Court, in its advisory opinion of 9 July 2004, that the construction of the wall by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, along with measures previously taken, severely impedes the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, 9
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict as a contribution to prevention and settlement of conflicts (2011), para. 24
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- Recognizing also that the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, which came into effect on 1 January 2003, will be credible only if all Participants have requisite national legislation coupled with effective and credible internal systems of control designed to eliminate the presence of conflict diamonds in the chain of producing, exporting and importing rough diamonds within their own territories, while taking into account that differences in production methods and trading practices, as well as differences in institutional controls thereof, may require different approaches to meeting minimum standards,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2004), para. 85
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- 48. Urges States, including those working through subregional or regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in implementing the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, to collect scientific data regarding shark catches and to consider adopting conservation and management measures, particularly where shark catches from directed and non- directed fisheries have a significant impact on vulnerable or threatened shark stocks, in order to ensure the conservation and management of sharks and their long-term sustainable use, including by banning directed shark fisheries conducted solely for the purpose of harvesting shark fins and by taking measures for other fisheries to minimize waste and discards from shark catches, and to encourage the full use of dead sharks;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Emergency assistance to the Sudan (2002), para. 12
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- Noting the ongoing peace efforts under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and the initiative of Egypt and the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya for achieving a negotiated and lasting peace in the Sudan,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (2002), para. 10
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- 3. Expresses concern about the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors, that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem to be held in 2016 (2015), para. 08
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- 7. Further decides that the Commission, as the central policymaking body within the United Nations system dealing with drug-related matters, shall lead this process by addressing all organizational and substantive matters in an open-ended manner, and in this regard invites the President of the General Assembly to support, guide and stay involved in the process;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Sustainable mountain development (2006), para. 12
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- 6. Underlines that action at the national level is a key factor in achieving progress in sustainable mountain development, welcomes its steady increase in recent years with a multitude of events, activities and initiatives, and invites the international community to support the efforts of developing countries to develop and implement strategies and programmes, including, where required, enabling policies and laws for the sustainable development of mountains, within the framework of national development plans;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Question of Tokelau (2010), para. 25
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- 16. Welcomes the actions taken by the administering Power to transmit information regarding the political, economic and social situation of Tokelau to the Secretary-General;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Human settlements (1994), para. 03
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- Recalling also its resolution 43/181 of 20 December 1988, in which it designated the Commission on Human Settlements as the intergovernmental body responsible for coordinating, evaluating and monitoring the Global Strategy for Shelter to the Year 2000,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) (2016), para. 10
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- Recognizing the important contribution of the treaties of Tlatelolco, Rarotonga, 3 Bangkok and Pelindaba and the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia, as well as the Antarctic Treaty 6 and the declaration by Mongolia of its nuclear-weapon-free status, to the achievement of nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Dissemination of information on decolonization (2015), para. 02
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- Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2015 relating to the dissemination of information on decolonization and publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization, 1
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and rehabilitation in Tajikistan (2001), para. 11
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- Stressing that international funding for humanitarian operations is particularly important since such operations remain the principal means by which hundreds of thousands of Tajiks meet their basic needs,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Financing of the United Nations Protection Force, the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation inCroatia, the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force and the United Nations Peace Forces headquarters (2002), para. 19
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- 3. Expresses concern at the financial situation with regard to peacekeeping activities, in particular as regards the reimbursements to troop contributors that bear additional burdens owing to overdue payments by Member States of their assessments;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Questions relating to information (1999), para. 07
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- (c) To provide support for the continuation and strengthening of practical training programmes for broadcasters and journalists from public, private and other media in developing countries;
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2007), para. 23
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- Concerned about the continued establishment of Israeli checkpoints in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the transformation of several of these checkpoints into structures akin to permanent border crossings inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which are severely impairing the territorial contiguity of the Territory and severely undermining efforts to rehabilitate and develop the Palestinian economy,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices (2015), para. 25
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- 13. Encourages States and relevant international and regional organizations to engage, as appropriate, business entities in discussions and initiatives on countering improvised explosive devices, including on issues such as accountability for dual-use components, improving the regulation of explosive precursors, where possible and as appropriate, strengthening security for the transport of explosives and at explosive facilities, as well as enhancing the vetting procedures for personnel with access to explosives, while avoiding undue restrictions on the legitimate use of and access to such materials;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (1998), para. 09
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- 4. Requests the Committee to continue to keep under review the situation relating to the question of Palestine and to report and make suggestions to the General Assembly or the Security Council, as appropriate;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Dissemination of information on decolonization (2000), para. 09
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- 2. Considers it important to continue its efforts to ensure the widest possible dissemination of information on decolonization, with particular emphasis on the options of self-determination available for the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Equality and non-discrimination of persons with disabilities and the right of persons with disabilities to access to justice (2018), para. 25
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- 2. Encourages States that have ratified the Convention and have submitted one or more reservations to it to initiate a process to review regularly the effect and continued relevance of such reservations and to consider the possibility of withdrawing them;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002), para. 27
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- 15. Also stresses the importance of the restoration and rebuilding of the historical and cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina in its original form;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Special subjects relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2014–2015 (2014), para. 131
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- 4. Approves the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its report, and requests the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board to ensure that all the recommendations of the Board of Auditors are implemented in full and in a timely manner;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel (2010), para. 20
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- Affirming the need for States to ensure that perpetrators of attacks committed on their territory against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel do not operate with impunity, and that the perpetrators of such acts are brought to justice, as provided for by national laws and obligations under international law,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Date modified
- Sep 21, 2020
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